Siding



E. R. ERRION Nov. 9, 1954 SIDING 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 18, 1952 3nventor Gttpmeg United States Patent S'IfilNG Edgar Robert Errton, Portland, oreg, assignoi term- Corporation, Reno, NW2, corpofatioli 6f Nevada Application October 18, 1952, Serial No. 315,564

2 Claims. (Cl. 20-5) This inventiin relates to siding, particularly for frame buildings.

An object of the present invention is to provide siding boards that are adapted to be mounted on and across the studding of a frame, as for instance, the frame of a building.

Another object of the invention is to provide overlapping siding that provides elongated recesses or channels adapted to house electric conduits, thereby obviating the need for notching into the studs of the frame with resultant weakening thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide siding of the character above referred to that is particularly adapted for direct application to frame studding, thereby obviating the need for intervening shiplapped boards, the structure contemplated being characterized by low cost of construction and yet being of strong and weathertight character.

The invention also has for its objects to provide such means that are positive in operation, convenient in use, easily installed in a working position and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture, relatively simple, and of general superiority and serviceability.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear in the course of the following description. However, the drawing merely shows and the following description merely describes one embodiment of the present invention, which is given by way of illustration or example only.

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of a frame provided with siding according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view thereof as taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 and drawn to a reduced scale.

Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively similar views of a modification.

In the drawing, conventional vertical studs 5 are shown conventionally horizontally spaced. These studs are intended as typical of the interior framing of outer walls and interior partitions. Since this invention is not concerned with the inside finish that is usually applied to said studs, the same is not illustrated.

Each siding board 6 that is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has a fiat side face 7 and an oppositie side face 8 that is preferably flat as shown but may be otherwise formed. In any case, said faces 7 and 8 generally converge toward the upper edge of the board, providing the same with a generally wedge-shaped cross-section with the upper edge 9 materially thinner than the lower edge 10. The plane of edge 9 is preferably normal to the plane of face 7 and the edge 10 may be rounded over at 11 where the same meets face 8.

A longitudinal rabbet 12 is formed in lower edge 10 of a width to receive the upper edge 9 of a board positioned therebelow, the depth of said rabbet being such as to provide a substantial overlap of the upper and lower edges of adjacent boards.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the faces 7 of board 6, when placed against studs 5, all reside in a single planethe plane that is common to the stud faces on one side. Thus, board 6 lies fiat against the studs in the manner shown in the drawing.

To this point, lapped drop sidifi'g Has been describedand will be seen that the s ime provides a wearer anemia-ere searing fa'cihg Werner or not stamp isused therebeneath. 1 1

According to the invention, a counter-rabbet 13 is formed in the rear lower portion of the siding board,

the same forming an extension of rabbet 12. The height of rabbet 13 may vary as desired, providing the same is large enough to accommodate a conduit. The depth, however, of rabbet 13 is less than that of rabbet 12 to provide a shoulder 14 of sufiicient size to afiord a firm abutment for the edge 9 of a board therebelow. Because of the thickened size of the lower end of the board, the rabbets 12 and 13 can be so proportioned that not only is said shoulder 14 large enough for its purpose, but the width of channel 15, defined by the walls of rabbet 13 and edge 9, is large enough to accommodate an electric conduit.

While, of course, all of the channels 15 of a wall formed by siding boards 6 may not be used, there is, nevertheless, made available a plurality of horizontal channels that are in direct communication with the spaces between studs 5, one or more of which may be used, as desired.

In the modification of Figs. 3 and 4, tongued and grooved drop siding is shown wherein one edge of the board-the upper edgeis provided with a longitudinal tongue 16 that is defined between a rabbet 17 in the edge of face 7 and a more sharply convexly rounded portion 18 of convexly curved face 19 opposite to face 7, and the opposite lower edge of the board is provided with a groove 20 that is defined between opposite tongues 21 and 22. The former tongue is designed to extend into rabbet 17 of an adjacent board and the latter tongue is provided with a concavely curved edge 23 that has an abutting fit with portion 18 of said adjacent board.

It will be noted that the seam or joint formed between portion 18 and edge 23 is angularly upwardly directed from the outside toward the inside of the siding. Therefore, said seam will readily drain moisture and the upward angle counteracts air circulation through the joint.

By making groove 20 substantially deeper than the height of tongue 16 fitted therein, a longitudinal passage or channel 24, comparable to channel 15 of the earlierdescribed form, is provided. While this passage 24 is closed olf on the inside by tongue 21, whenever necessary, said tongue may be cut away by drilling a hole therethrough or cutting away a portion to form a notch to enable an end of a conduit in passage 24 to be extended into a space between studs 5. Such hole or notch is shown at 25 in Fig. 4.

While the invention that has been illustrated and described is now regarded as the preferred embodiments, the constructions are, of course, subject to modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore not desired to restrict the invention to the particular forms of construction illustrated and described, but to cover all modifications that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A siding board having one longitudinal edge thicker than the opposite edge, said thicker edge having a longitudinal recess therein provided by a rearwardly facing rabbet and the thinner edge having a thickness substantially the same as the transverse width of said recess and adapted to fit into said recess of an adjacent board, said thicker board edge being provided with a shoulder formed in the lateral wall of the rabbet intermediate the longitudinal edges of said wall, to limit the degree of entry into the recess of one board by the thinner edge of an adjacent board, and said recess having an extension from the shoulder inward toward the thinner opposite edge to constitute a longitudinal passage between the interfitted edges of adjacent boards.

2. The combination of siding boards and spaced vertical studs, each board having a longitudinal recess along one edge thereof provided by a rearwardly facing rabbet, the opposite edge of each board having a thickness substantially the same as the transverse width of said" recess and adapted to fit into such recess in an adjacent similar board, the recess having a shoulder formed in the lateral wall of the rabbet to limit the degree of entry into the recess by an edge of an adjacent board, to provide an extension for the recess from the shoulder inward toward the opposite edge of the board, which forms a rearwardly facing, longitudinal passage between aligned boards and the studs.

References Cited in the file of this patent Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Kirpatrick Nov. 30, 1906 Drake Jan. 6, 1925 Midby Jan. 9, 1934 Korn Aug. 21, 1934 

